Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, has been banned from standing for office for five years and sentenced to jail after being convicted of embezzling EU funds. She was handed a four-year jail sentence, of which two years are suspended, would only begin once no further legal recourse after appeals remains. She was also fined €100,000. The court ruling is likely to block Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election, for which she was one of the favourites.
Born 5 August 1968 11.20am Neuilly Sur Seine, France she is a Sun Leo but more significantly has a yod onto Saturn in Aries inconjunct Neptune sextile Uranus Pluto in Virgo. Her heavily Saturnine nature tends to indicate that any infractions will be heavily punished.
Her Solar Arc Saturn is exactly square her Pluto now for a dead-halt moment, more so since it collides with one leg of her yod. And her Solar Arc Mars is sitting exactly on her Uranus/Pluto midpoint which again is fairly calamitous. Her SA Neptune is conjunct her IC opposition her Midheaven for a further moment of loss and disappointment.
The Aries Solar Eclipse is also conjunct her North Node. By June tr Neptune will square her Moon for another slump, continuing into 2026.
A destiny-changing moment and not in her favour.
Add On: For all the screeching about a left-wing conspiracy, what seems to be glossed over is what she was convicted for.
“She and her cronies illegally siphoned off about €4.5m (£3.8m) of EU funds (taxpayers money) to fuel their party’s domestic rise between 2004 and 2016. A fake jobs system, with Ms Le Pen at its heart, facilitated embezzlement on an industrial scale.” “In effect using European public money to finance a debt-ridden party domestically. Under a French anti-corruption law passed in 2016, the guilty verdict rendered against Le Pen comes with a sentence of ineligibility to run for office.”
But whatever the facts on the ground, France is moving into tinderbox territory. 21 September 1792 3.30 pm Paris. It’s revolutionary, vengeful T square of Pluto opposition Uranus square Mars (MC) in Scorpio is already on high alert with the Solar Arc Sun square both Pluto and Uranus this year. Tr Uranus is also about to oppose the Mars from the 6th to 25th of this month (April) which will be volatile and explosive; with tr Uranus moving on (start time being accurate) into the France 4th house for several years to come hinting at domestic unrest. As if that was not enough tr Saturn Neptune will oppose the 29 degree Virgo Sun throughout this year into early 2026 – a discouraging, disappointing and uncertain phase. With the September Virgo Solar Eclipse exactly conjunct the France Sun for an existential crisis. Plus the recent Aries Solar Eclipse is rattling the France Venus in Libra for an emotional upset. And 2026/27 sees tr Uranus opposition the 10th house Sagittarius Moon for an overly emotional, erratic and high-wire phase for both the electorate and the ruling classes. That last influence will be exact over the 2027 presidential election. After mid 2026 and through early 2027 the Solar Eclipse in Aquarius will be triggering France’s overly-excitable Uranus Pluto Mars T square.
Jordan Bardella, 13 September 1995 3.42pm Drancy, France, an ambitious and determined Virgo, who may step into her political shoes, is moving out in terms of visibility later this decade but there’s nothing much to suggest a resounding win in 2027. His relationship with Le Pen will start to distance from this August onwards.
The other right winger Marion Marechal, 10 December 1989 1.05 am St Germain en Laye, France, a Sagittarius with a stellium in Capricorn and a bulldozer Mars Pluto in Scorpio, like Bardella is making progress in terms of career visibility ahead but there’s no great indicators of success around 2027.
Is there something in a chart that spells “shady money dealings”? E.g. you could sometimes say Mercury square Neptune is liarousness and Mercury square Venus a cheat in love – but what of money?
Weird. I wanted to say Venus square Neptune not Mercury square Venus. I wonder what I got?! I. e. if I tapped onto something.
Following the Aries NN being a turning point, the Libra eclipse in October moves toward her South Node, so suggests a possible permanent retreat from the spotlight.
You’d think a criminal conviction, especially one with a prison sentence attached, would be a permanent disqualifier for holding public office. For most of us, having a criminal record would make landing a regular job extremely difficult. But politics? Apparently, that’s where the bar gets lower the higher up you go.
The one to watch as ever is Marion Marechal… auntie Marine was always a placeholder.
who weirdly shares my sun/asc/merc/MC
Thanks Marjorie. As you say, “a destiny-changing moment”. It appears to echo back into French history too. France 1792 Nodes are 24 Virgo/Pisces, Sun 29 Virgo, Mercury 20 Virgo. Transiting Saturn at 24 Pisces is sitting on the South Node – so much history and messages from the past in that combination. National Assembly, 1789 also has Saturn at 23 Pisces. And to hammer home the message, Napoleon 1799 has Uranus 25 Virgo, close to the Asc at 22 Virgo. Ridiculous coincidences! Currently, Mercury Rx is 28 Pisces, Venus Rx and the tr Nodes are 27 Pisces – MLP’s Uranus 26 Virgo, Pluto 21 Virgo. Her Solar Arc Mars just happens to be 24 Virgo, right on the French North Node and it’s direction as a country? Is this, partly, the 23 Virgo Lunar Eclipse stirring things up?
I see from your past post on Jordan Bardella that his ascendant is 21 Sagittarius, and he’s just had his Saturn Return, 21 Pisces. Revolutionary Robespierre, 6 May 1758 stirs with his Uranus 25 Pisces square Pluto 22 Sagittarius. In a few days tr Uranus will oppose France’s Mars in Scorpio too. Plus MLP’s natal Venus/Neptune square.
Something about this whole thing makes me uneasy at a level I cannot quite work out.
Her Solar Arc MH conj her 12th House of confinement, prison.